*Invention Dimension
Web site devoted to American inventors and information related to past and current inventors. Equally interesting are the Hotlist sections: sites for children, research and development labs, the invention extension -- an eclectic collection of invention sites including the "Wacky Patent of the Month," and links to related resources.
*Invent Now - National Inventors Hall of Fame
Gives brief (several paragraphs) information about an extensive list of inventors, allows search or browse by Inventor, Invention, or Decade. *About: Famous Inventors A-Z
An Internet directory which gives primary information about each inventor on this site, with links and descriptions of other sites pertaining to the inventor.
Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
Created to "document, interpret, and disseminate information about invention and innovation" and "to encourage inventive creativity in young people," this site focuses on the U.S. "Invention at Play" has learning activities and applications interspersed with inventors' stories and historic documents. Special resources for students, teachers, inventors, historians, and museum visitors are gathered under "Short Cuts." Searchable. Part of the National Museum of American History. Technology in America
This site explores some technology history in the U.S. Specifically, the development of the telephone, the New York subway, and television, as well as the U-2 CIA spy plane and its pilot, Gary Powers. In addition, there is a technological timeline that provides brief information on many other American inventions, as well as a section called Forgotten Inventors with brief information on seven inventors. Also available are bibliographies, teacher's resources, and transcripts of the programs. Based on the PBS American Experience documentary series on Technology in America. *They Made America
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series that "examines America's evolution over two centuries." The site features images and profiles of the "extraordinary innovators whose ideas and entrepreneurial spirit gave birth to landmark advances like the steamboat and the 747 jetliner, and cultural touchstones like the Barbie doll and CNN. Profiles of each innovator can be viewed chronologically, geographically, and by category." Also includes resources for teachers and an "Innovators Tournament" game. United States Patent and Trademark Office Kids Pages
This U.S. Patent and Trademark Office site features puzzles, freebies, games, links, and other activities for children. The site is divided into three sections: "Twinkle Lights" (grades K-6), "Bright Lights" (grades 6-12), and "Guiding Lights" (parents, teachers, and coaches). "Guiding Lights" features curriculum guides, contest announcements, and advice on "assisting minor children with patent applications." Searchable. How Stuff Works
Explains simply, with excellent diagrams or pictures, how many common appliances, machines, and technologies work. Also covers health, animals, and the home. A small sample of topics covered includes: smoke detectors, remote controls, UPC bar codes, bread, digital clocks or watches, compasses, microwave ovens, fuel cells, hybrid cars, Boolean logic, lock picking, and more. Many have links to Web sites or related articles for further reading. Some of these articles might be useful for background for science projects. Totally Absurd Inventions: America's Goofiest Patents
Enjoy the humorous and absurd inventions featured at this site, which is updated weekly with new material and offers an archive that contains dozens of illustrated inventions, each cited with its official patent number and year. Includes links to Golf's Goofiest Gadgets, inventor services, the Rothschild Petersen Patent Model Museum, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office with information on patents, trademarks, copyrights, and more. In our Library:
Use our Library Catalog - search for the name of your inventor: Lastname, firstname**
Check out 609's in the non-fiction section
Look in the reference section Ref 608 and 609
Look in the Collective Biographies ( 920 ) for:
Nineteeth Century Inventors
Twentieth Century Inventors
Twenty Inventors
Wright Brothers
Black Pioneers of Science and Invention
Technology's Past: Heroes of Invention and Innovation (2 vol.)
Invention and Technology
Our Foreign Born Citizens
Dreamers and Doers
Girls Think of Everything: Ingenious Inventions by Women
Inventors
Search SIRS Discoverer (from POWER Library)*Invention Dimension
Web site devoted to American inventors and information related to past and current inventors. Equally interesting are the Hotlist sections: sites for children, research and development labs, the invention extension -- an eclectic collection of invention sites including the "Wacky Patent of the Month," and links to related resources.
*Invent Now - National Inventors Hall of Fame
Gives brief (several paragraphs) information about an extensive list of inventors, allows search or browse by Inventor, Invention, or Decade.
*About: Famous Inventors A-Z
An Internet directory which gives primary information about each inventor on this site, with links and descriptions of other sites pertaining to the inventor.
Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
Created to "document, interpret, and disseminate information about invention and innovation" and "to encourage inventive creativity in young people," this site focuses on the U.S. "Invention at Play" has learning activities and applications interspersed with inventors' stories and historic documents. Special resources for students, teachers, inventors, historians, and museum visitors are gathered under "Short Cuts." Searchable. Part of the National Museum of American History.
Technology in America
This site explores some technology history in the U.S. Specifically, the development of the telephone, the New York subway, and television, as well as the U-2 CIA spy plane and its pilot, Gary Powers. In addition, there is a technological timeline that provides brief information on many other American inventions, as well as a section called Forgotten Inventors with brief information on seven inventors. Also available are bibliographies, teacher's resources, and transcripts of the programs. Based on the PBS American Experience documentary series on Technology in America.
*They Made America
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series that "examines America's evolution over two centuries." The site features images and profiles of the "extraordinary innovators whose ideas and entrepreneurial spirit gave birth to landmark advances like the steamboat and the 747 jetliner, and cultural touchstones like the Barbie doll and CNN. Profiles of each innovator can be viewed chronologically, geographically, and by category." Also includes resources for teachers and an "Innovators Tournament" game.
United States Patent and Trademark Office Kids Pages
This U.S. Patent and Trademark Office site features puzzles, freebies, games, links, and other activities for children. The site is divided into three sections: "Twinkle Lights" (grades K-6), "Bright Lights" (grades 6-12), and "Guiding Lights" (parents, teachers, and coaches). "Guiding Lights" features curriculum guides, contest announcements, and advice on "assisting minor children with patent applications." Searchable.
How Stuff Works
Explains simply, with excellent diagrams or pictures, how many common appliances, machines, and technologies work. Also covers health, animals, and the home. A small sample of topics covered includes: smoke detectors, remote controls, UPC bar codes, bread, digital clocks or watches, compasses, microwave ovens, fuel cells, hybrid cars, Boolean logic, lock picking, and more. Many have links to Web sites or related articles for further reading. Some of these articles might be useful for background for science projects.
Totally Absurd Inventions: America's Goofiest Patents
Enjoy the humorous and absurd inventions featured at this site, which is updated weekly with new material and offers an archive that contains dozens of illustrated inventions, each cited with its official patent number and year. Includes links to Golf's Goofiest Gadgets, inventor services, the Rothschild Petersen Patent Model Museum, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office with information on patents, trademarks, copyrights, and more.
In our Library:
Use our Library Catalog - search for the name of your inventor: Lastname, firstname**
Check out 609's in the non-fiction section
Look in the reference section Ref 608 and 609
Look in the Collective Biographies ( 920 ) for:
Twentieth Century Inventors
Twenty Inventors
Wright Brothers
Black Pioneers of Science and Invention
Invention and Technology
Our Foreign Born Citizens
Dreamers and Doers
Girls Think of Everything: Ingenious Inventions by Women
Look for individual biographies on